How to use this modern & contemporary art auction calendar
Modern and contemporary art is one of the busiest auction categories because evening sales, day sales, editions, photographs, private collections, and online auctions often overlap. HammerAlert tracks the public schedule across the global houses and specialist rooms so collectors can see the calendar shape before disappearing into individual catalogues.
The category covers post-war and contemporary painting, sculpture, works on paper, editions, photographs, design-adjacent material, and selected modern art sales. It is strongest when used as a comparison layer: follow the dates from Christie's, Sotheby's, Phillips, Bonhams, Artcurial, Drouot, Dorotheum, and regional specialists in one place.
Useful adjacent hubs: scan UK auctions, United States auctions, prints and multiples, or the main global auction calendar.
For the evergreen research layer, pair this live hub with the [modern art auction calendar guide](/guide/modern-art-auction-calendar). The guide is about how to read overlapping sale weeks; this page is the current list of sales to open.
Written and maintained by Laurens Lokker, HammerAlert founder.